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2 Sheets-Sheet 1 VAN R. w. HORTON.

Gate.

Patented May 19 1868.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

VAN R. W. HORTON.

Gate.

Patented May 19, 1868.

Inventor t VAN"RENSSELAER W. HORTON, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK;

Letters Patent No. 78,095, dated Ma, 19, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARllli- GATES.

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TO ALL WHOM IlT MAY CONCERN:

Be'it known that I, VAN RENssELAnn W. Henson, of the town of Palmyra, in. the county of ayngand Stateof NewYork, have invented a new and useful Impro'vementin Farm-Gates nndI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of" the "some, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of amovable support, K, in combination with a sliding'and swinging gate, showing its difi'erent positions, as the gate is open or shut.

Figure 2 is a view of the same support detached from the gate.

Figure 3 represents the body of this support, consisting of a standard, d, and arms, a a,-with holes a c toreceive the axles of two rollers b 6, shownat fig. 2, att ached'to the body. p

These rollers have rims h 72, and flanges o o, audare made byjoining two small wheels on oppositeisid es of the a-rmsa a with an axle which revolves in the arm and is fixed in the wheels. Between the rollers]: b is placed a loop, a, that receives the bottom rail otjthe gate, which rests, on the rims olf 'the rollers 11 b, when thegate is shut, the foot of the standard 02 being at the same time on a stone, or other'hard foundatiom-at or near the middle of the gatevtay, l i I l In being opened the gate has its fore part supported on the wheels 6'11, and runs backward upon theui till the cleat it meets the loop e, when it balances on'a pin or other fixed support at the post P, and lifting the movable support, in being swung to one side, carries it out of thepassage. When the gate is swungjb aek, returns the support K to its first position to carry the gate again in being shut.

The form of the moiable support may betmodified in several ways, without any change in 4 themanner ofi combining it with the gate, or of accomplishing the'purpose which it series; as, to make the body with two legs or standards instead of one, and use one roller placed in the middle, insteadof two placed. at the ends of the arms a a. Therefore, I do not limit my claim to-the use of a movable supportwith two wheels or rollers, or with a single standard. I a

I do not claim the construction of the gate to which my movable support is applied, nor the balancing'and' swinging of it on a pin or its-equivalent at the post P; nor do I claimany form of support that-iseith erset in the ground,'as a post and wheel, or is fixed immovable to any point on the'gate as a eastei'; but- I claim the'combination, with a sliding and swinging gate, of a movable support, provided with a roller or rollers, and loosely attached to the bottom rail of the gate, by a loop or its equivalent, the whole so combined and operating, substantially as herein shown and described, that the gate, when closed, rests centrally upon the support, and has a free sliding movement through or upon it in being opened and shut, and lifts it'and carries it out of the passage when swung to one side. i p l I also claim the movable support K, consisting of the body represented by fig.-3,-the rollers bi), and the loop a, shown in combination with body at figl ,2, the whole combined and operating' substantially as herein shown and described. I r VAN RENSSELAER W. HORTON.

Witnesses:

P. D. Henson, M. Hormns. 

